Geopolitics and the Day After

Welcome to this week’s edition of Geopolitics & the Day After. Each week, we curate and synthesize key developments from global politics, economics, and financial markets, drawing from a wide range of trusted sources. Our goal is to provide you with a clear,...

Managing the Art of Bullishness and Bearishness: When Goethe Dined with Beard

In less than two weeks, we will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary since the Declaration of Independence. There have been several paintings that reflect the spirit of America, and the one that is known as “The Bulls and Bears in the Market” reflects America’s...

Regional Market Watch

Welcome to our monthly newsletter which covers key developments in major non-US markets. With this newsletter, we highlight corporate, debt, and monetary policy news in European, Asian, and Latin American markets. We end this piece with a spotlight on commodities....

Geopolitics and the Day After

Welcome to this week’s edition of Geopolitics & the Day After. Each week, we curate and synthesize key developments from global politics, economics, and financial markets, drawing from a wide range of trusted sources. Our goal is to provide you with a clear,...

CROSSROADS: Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa

Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded over the last month in the Middle East/North Africa, Asia (ex-China/India/Japan), Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in the months ahead....

CROSSROADS: North America, Europe, China, India & Japan

Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded over the last month in North America, Europe, India, China, and Japan and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in the months ahead. Later this week, we will be publishing our...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities were broadly higher on the week amid reports that the U.S. and Iran are finalizing a memorandum of understanding to end the war. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield declined six basis points to 4.48%, while...

Geopolitics and the Day After

Welcome to this week’s edition of Geopolitics & the Day After. Each week, we curate and synthesize key developments from global politics, economics, and financial markets, drawing from a wide range of trusted sources. Our goal is to provide you with a clear,...

The Atrophy of a Pugnacious Shellacking: Mr. Warsh, Raise the Rates

Mickey came home in the early hours of Saturday. He told his folks that he had crashed the car they had just bought him. That same morning, his father wanted to demonstrate understanding, so they went and bought a brand-new car for Mickey. Three weeks later, Mickey...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News  Global Equities Decline Global equities were broadly negative this week, with equities dropping due to massive tech and semiconductor sell-offs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq decreased 2.59% and 4.68% (its worst daily performance in over a year),...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities lower on the weekGlobal equities were lower on the week while the US 10-year Treasury note gained a little bit in price as the yield dropped to 0.64% as of Friday late afternoon. On the other hand, the price of a barrel of West Texas...

Covid-19 and the Day After

Given the unprecedented times we're living in, we thought that it might be helpful to send, once a week, a summary of 3-4 articles which reflect the new realities and their potential impact on our lives and assets. Our assessment is that it may take at least...

Covid-19 and the Future of the Eurozone

“Not all the Germans believe in God, but all the Germans believe in the Bundesbank”, (Jacques Delors, the famous former head of the European Commission) The Euro lost minimal ground this past week. However, a significant event took place last Tuesday, which was...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities higher on the weekGlobal equities were higher on the week as markets continue to rally despite the blow to payrolls announced on Friday. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note rose from 0.62% to 0.68% over the week. Continuing its...

Covid-19 and the Day After

Given the unprecedented times we're living in, we thought that it might be helpful to send, once a week, a summary of 3-4 articles which reflect the new realities and their potential impact on our lives and assets. Our assessment is that it may take at least...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities slightly downGlobal equities were slightly down on the week. The US 10-year Treasury note was also little changed this week, yielding 0.62% at the end of the week. Though market volatility, as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index...

From Westphalia (1648) to Vienna (1815) and onto Paris (1919), Bretton Woods (1944), Camp David (1971) and the forthcoming Paradigm Shift: Part IV (final), Rebalancing of Power

In the second book of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics we are confronted with a list of virtues and vices. In that table we read about andreia (courage), sophrosune (temperance), eleutheriotes (liberality), megaloprepeia (magnificence), megalopsuchia (magnanimity),...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities slightly lowerThough the market rally continues, global equities were slightly lower on the week. The yield on the US 10-year treasury note changed little, coming to 0.61% at the close of markets on Friday. The price of a barrel of...

Alphabet Soup of Recoveries

“The three most important words in investing are margin of safety." - Warren Buffett There’s been an alphabet soup of hypothesized recovery patterns over the last two months as the economic consensus came to grips with the impending recession in the U.S. L, U, V, W...

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